How To Write Drums - For Non-Drummers

Here's a little tutorial on the basics of Midi Drums.
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[@theonlyjoe_]

Another tip, the kick is mainly going to want to Follow the main accents as the bass guitar, it helps to make the drums less out of place, if you want a fill, there’s 2 kinds: linear and non linear, linear is where you play one note for every 16th note, for example the first fill in the video, that’s linear, but you can add kicks in to split up the arms, as for non linear, the kicks and flams (arms hitting slightly out of time to give a bigger sound, but sounds like 1 big hit) are what usually add more beef to it, linear fills are for more technical sounding fills, whereas non linear can be if you want a really heavy pre chorus or something.

[@leaveitorsinkit242]

What if there is no bass guitar?

[@theonlyjoe_]

@@leaveitorsinkit242 it depends on how much you already have of the song. I would recommend at least having an idea of a Bassline or something, but if not, you can just put in some filler beats or something and then when you have a bass part just sync up the kicks with it.

[@moche2303]

This video is a gift to all non-drummer producers and you have a million thanks from me

[@magsmotionless3515]

I watched this entire video without stopping to see how much time was left; a great feat on your part. I learned so much! Thanks!

[@TheMusicLab]

Thanks a lot :) Glad you enjoyed it!

[@woodorwoods1650]

This was exactly what I was looking for. Thank you!

[@TheMusicLab]

You're welcome!

[@trestubb]

I could listen too you all day and the whole video looks really professional. I have also learned a lot from your video ! Ive subscribed !

[@TheMusicLab]

Thanks Simon!

[@seanlowe6092]

thank you very much, just what I needed too, unreleasing me for lockdown hits-a-plenty!!

[@StormyRaptor]

You deserve more views. Thanks to you, I am finally able to get the final step of my remix done.

[@earmit007]

This is perfect! Happy I found you guys and will be downloading some of your playlists. Working on a personal project and this is exactly what I've been l looking for to get me where I need to go!

[@TheMusicLab]

Oh awesome! Glad we could help :)

[@stephenshoihet2590]

I like to start off doing the tabs/notation in guitar pro, then export as midi into Reaper and ez drums.

[@mathewtom4018]

Thanks bro. I came across your first video initially. Then, noticed that card in your video with a link to this video. Exactly what I was looking for.

[@AqworldsAuildere]

Godbless!

[@flaviaconforti2096]

This is awesome! I'm just starting music production this was super useful! :D

[@HonestRogueGames]

Deserves 1M views thanks for the info

[@ScottQ1]

I really love this channel and your guys tips and music

[@TheMusicLab]

Thank you, Nicholas!

[@emiliocasaburi1939]

Great video !!

[@paomatmusic]

Thanks, very useful!

[@TheMusicLab]

Thank you for the kind words Matt!

[@CultOfSol777]

Or just use EZ-Drummer. It has tons of drum samples you can edit as you want in every BPM you need. Make Multitracks to EQ each part of the Drum. It´s great!

[@faz1991]

6:42 cracked me up xD

[@kidmorphius4002]

thanks

[@stefansakell1685]

thanks !

[@wildfire5838]

3:10 Windows Down by Big Time Rush 3:30 Hot n Cold by Katy Perry

[@followinggrey8709]

That's a really helpful video, thankyou so much bro. I have a question to ask.. Suppose my song is in C#min So how am I supposed to programm my drums, i.e. snare tuning, bass drum and cymbals tuning??

[@TheMusicLab]

Ok, so think about how a real drummer on a real kit would do it.. To put it simply, they don't tune their kits to the key. They will tune their kit to get the tone they want and then that will be it for every single song. Luckily, percussion doesn't need to be tuned to the key to work!

[@Henry-do1cu]

Cheers what’s the name of the actual programme? Or some decent ones to get started with

[@TheMusicLab]

Logic Pro X (what I'm using) comes with a load of free drum kits!

[@Henry-do1cu]

The Music Lab thanks very much

[@Whitewolffire10]

I don’t know why I watched this when I’ve already made multiple songs with midi drums

[@rafaelcosta1183]

Hi , do you use Windows pra IOS ? By the way do you recomend some midi keyboard and programs ? Thank you

[@Whitewolffire10]

Rafael Costa i use ableton live on windows 10 and use a novation launchkey mini to make music

[@rafaelcosta1183]

Thank you , i wanna make a home studio ( and i really dont know what to buy) , i only have guitars and i dont want to spend money on drums on bass 😅

[@patiltilgang33]

is this Midi Drums free ?

[@teddydingsdale]

Most DAWs (music making programs like Logic, Ableton, Garageband) include MIDI drum kits. For example, in Logic and Garageband (GB is free and the drums come with it!), you can get them by creating a "Software Instrument" track, changing the sound to one of the drum kits in the Library on the left side of the screen and then playing in your beat using either a MIDI keyboard or your computer keyboard! You can also write them in using your mouse). :) I'm so bad at explaining but hopefully this makes sense.

[@brianwallington9744]

Way,way too fast for a simple beginner like me. What a pity.This is probably for people who have more experience..but thanks anyway..I will come back when I have more experience..